Xtra Chef

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The holiday season can be a boon for many restaurants, but it can also exacerbate an issue that plagues the restaurant industry all year long: food waste. The Issue of Food Waste in the Restaurant Industry. Food waste in the restaurant industry is real. million tons of food waste annually.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Second, the shift of Thanksgiving into December of 2019 converts from tailwind to headwind this month. percent from 2018 to 2019, sales for the whole weekend only increased about four percent. First, at 2.1

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 10, 2024

percent below pre-pandemic levels as of the start of 2023, resulting in a staggering 450,000 job openings compared to 2019. Optimized inventory management through AI facilitates significant reductions in food waste, promoting sustainability while bolstering operational efficiency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

Randy’s Donuts began franchising domestically in the summer of 2019. Despite tremendous initial interest in 2019, the Covid crisis put a halt to all discussions in 2020. Saudi Arabia had a successful pop-up store at the 2019 Riyadh Season and is opening its first permanent store in Jeddah this summer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

billion from the same period in 2019. Legislators Will Rethink How to Better Manage Product Waste. The other big challenge the pandemic has brought to life is forcing businesses and governments to rethink our approach to packaging waste. billion in revenue from April through September of 2020—compared with $2.5

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Sante

JANUARY 12, 2020

Hoshizaki’s award-winning MODwater dispenser not only delivers four types of water instantly, it also provides costs savings and reduces plastic waste. Customers not only anticipate cost savings by no longer having to buy/deliver bulky dispenser bottles, but also a drastic reduction in plastic water bottle waste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 31, 2019

They collected and analyzed sales data between January 2018 and July 2019 from over 10,000 restaurants nationwide, measured the sales performance of each item, and ranked each item based on its overall and trending popularity. The company conducted over 750 trips between July and August of 2019. National Menu Trends.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2021

That said, it’s increasingly clear that the “new normal” won’t look like 2019. Going Green with a More Sustainable Approach. They can also provide restaurants with a more modern, sustainable way to do business as we emerge from the pandemic and look forward to the months and years ahead.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 21, 2020

In the US in 2019, the café industry was worth US $47.5 The world we live in is fast-paced, with consumers becoming more and more focused on quality over quantity in many aspects of life,” says Dan Fellows, World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion 2018 and 2019. Sustainability Is in The Spotlight. Credit: Nicole Motteux.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 5, 2023

From the digital revolution of the 1980s, the advent of the internet in the 1990s, and the proliferation of smartphone and AI technologies in the 21st century, restaurant and bar owners must keep pace with the latest tech trends to achieve sustainable growth and maintain a steady stream of revenue. There are 6.92

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

Sustainability and healthy options rising in importance. CGA’s latest BeverageTrak data reveals that seasonal trends over the last weeks of 2021 loosely mirrored those seen in 2019 – with a strong build up to Christmas followed by a decline in the week immediately before December 25. percent larger than in 2019.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 24, 2022

And which is more sustainable? Recyclability & sustainability. Plastic waste is understandably a major concern for many consumers. A 2019 report from The Aluminium Association found that consumer recycling rates for aluminium cans in the US was almost 50%, while the industry recycling rate was over 63%.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2020

The report found that most local economies nationwide slumped in 2019, down 1.3 percent, largely contributed to the 2019 drop and marked the largest quarter-over-quarter decline since 2018. . Uncertainty around trade policy also hindered local economic growth in 2019,” said Carl Bialik, Yelp’s data science editor.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 15, 2019

For the first time in two years, growth was negative during the third quarter of 2019 with same-store sales growth of -0.4 percent for the third quarter of 2019, it doesn’t show much of a decline from the average 0.8 All segments experienced negative same-store sales growth during the third quarter of 2019. percent growth.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

” The Weishaupt’s founded the Weishaupt Family Foundation in 2019 to give back to the community-at-large and distributed $50K in grants to nonprofit organizations in the New Orleans area. By encouraging diners to book and pay in advance, restaurants can better manage food waste, curb no shows and drive much needed revenue.

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The Wine Knitter

APRIL 19, 2022

It is essential to do our part all year long and to move toward a more sustainable environment and a healthy future for the earth. Globally, more wineries than ever before are contributing their efforts to maintain sustainable practices in the vineyard and wine production. Conserving Biodiversity in the vineyards 4.

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Perfect Daily Grind

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Coffee Planet partners with The Waste Lab to implement sustainable waste solutions. OCRI uses recyclable and compostable packaging and has reduced food waste in its coffee shops to less than 3%. World AeroPress Championship announces Oatly as official 2022 Sustainability Sponsor.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We expect this year will see growth in off-premises options, technology that streamlines operations, and more restaurants that are talking about their increased sustainable and eco-friendly practices.” Healthy, sustainable options increase alongside changing alcohol preferences. Opportunity lies in off-premises.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 6, 2022

Packaging solutions companies IMA and Goglio enter strategic partnership to develop sustainable packaging materials. The two Italian multinational companies will consolidate their respective research and development of new sustainable packaging materials, but the companies will not merge. million 60kg bags in 2022. Thu, 5 May.

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Sustainability Beyond the Plate

JANUARY 26, 2017

If you produce 4 cubic yards* (the size of a standard commercial bin, not the smaller ‘cart’) or more of organic waste per week, you must separate and recycle that waste. When people differentiate between these two terms, they could be talking about other non-food organic waste streams like landscaping waste and cow manure.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The “support local” movement that helped sustain several restaurants during the pandemic won’t be going away any time soon, with more Canadians purchasing and ordering from their local restaurants directly, and for items other than just takeout or delivery. Sales velocity is now +35 percent vs September 7, 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A short menu can slim down the food costs through streamlined inventory management, as well as reduced food waste. Water pollution and plastic waste have made many people look at restaurants. Ghost kitchens of 2019 almost exclusively referred to restaurants that worked only through third-party delivery services.

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EATER

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Things really changed in 2019, though, when Starbucks released its now-iconic matte black studded tumbler for cold drinks. “I A clear cup decorated with pink alpacas from a 2019 collection released only in China sold on December 4 for $1,075.99, and a 2009 mug from a store in Corfu, Greece, fetched a whopping $1,875 in late November.

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Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

2019 has been fun. Sustainable. Transparency has also become an important factor, and behind customer awareness of what constitutes a sustainably produced food 8. We expect that the demand for local, organic, ugly (imperfect) produce and sustainable seafood will continue to grow in 2020. But what comes afterwards?

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EATER

APRIL 11, 2023

Emerging from the discarded container — one of five at Yang’s Small Kine Farm, a no-frills plot abutting a succulent nursery and a range of salvage and waste reclamation businesses — he takes a big bite out of a larger portobello: quality control. It took Yang years to fine-tune turning local green waste into mushroom substrate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Del Taco was recognized for adding multiple Beyond Meat items to its menu in 2019 and for heavily advertising these offerings to meat-lovers, vegetarians, and vegans alike. Just a few months after Burger King’s successful Impossible Whopper launch in August 2019, the restaurant chain added the Impossible Whopper Jr. to its menu.

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EATER

JULY 6, 2022

Located on a working farm that was once part of a sprawling Rockefeller estate, the restaurant is a beacon of the sustainable food movement. Connected to it was an “upmarket” restaurant intended to be a platform for — and to financially support — the center’s work advocating sustainable community farming.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

However, according to a 2019 report from the Federal Reserve Bank, 37 percent of all Americans could not cover an unexpected $400 expense without going into debt. Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices.

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Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

With smart food ordering — meaning leveraging tech for inventory management and vendor selection — operators can cut down on food waste by 80%. The average profit margin for US restaurants in 2022 was 10.6% , showing it’s slowly inching back to pre-pandemic levels (12% in 2019). This trend is expected to continue in 2023. from 2021).

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It is estimated that the US food service sector wasted 13 million tons of food in 2022, up from 9.15 Square , 2024) To respond to this growing demand, 39% of operators plan to use more environmentally sustainable sourcing and operations in 2024. After a significant decrease in 2020, the rate of food waste started to grow again.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2021

percent in 2019 and 18.9 bn in 2019. percent in 2019; it is predicted to be 17.4 percent in 2019; it is predicted to be 17.4 percent from 2019, rising from $69tn to $92tn; the expected CAGR by 2025 is 12 percent. percent in 2019 and 18.9 percent of all fraud instances in 2019, rising to 13.7

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Greg joined the Restaurant Facility Management Association (RFMA) in 2016, earned his Certified Restaurant Facility Professional designation in 2017, was chosen Restaurateur of the Year in 2019, and currently serves on the RFMA Board of Directors. Paul Soulliere: Information Systems Manager | 25 years. Who is a James Beard Award winner?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 3, 2020

That’s a lot of waste product coming from a steady diet of fries, chicken tenders and an anything-you-can-imagine-tastes-better-fried culture. The team also cooperated with Homeland Security in a 2019 arrest of 21 individuals linked to a crime ring on the East Coast that was responsible for the theft of approximately $3.4

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 20, 2022

Bellwether Coffee releases 2021 sustainability report. More than 2,400 people visited the festival, held from 7 to 8 May – almost double the number of attendees in 2019. Volcafe partners with sustainable consulting service dss? In Italy, the average price for an espresso is €1 (US $1.05). Thu, 19 May. Take a look.

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Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

S uppliers in the hospitality industry have been adversely impacted by the pandemic, with reports of revenues of less than 10% of 2019 levels during the first lockdown. As business levels continue to fluctuate since early Spring, it is important to keep stock levels to a minimum to preserve cash and minimize waste. Related Posts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

million over the next five years to build and sustain the program. Burger King® restaurants are continuing efforts to minimize environmental impact across the globe by testing a new reusable packaging model that will help cut down on packaging waste. ” Delivering Jobs. percent increase in loyalty and eClub members.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. Minimizing food waste will continue to be a focus in 2020. Sustainability extends into the kitchen with food waste. Plant-based Menu Items.

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